Immediately following World War II, the Soviet Union controlled several countries behind what came to be called the Iron Curtain. Complete the following activities to gain a better understanding of the countries comprising the Iron Curtain and the USSR. Search the Internet to find out the names of the nations caught behind the Iron Curtain.
Continue your Internet search to determine the countries that comprised the USSR.
Once you have identified the countries, go to the Europe map available on Internet and answer the following questions:
What country is directly east of Hungary?
Which country has a larger area, Ukraine or Belarus?
Name two countries that were behind the Iron Curtain that are no longer on the map.
Of the countries that comprised the USSR, name four you can still find on the map.